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Brilliant Yellow Noodles

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 4

Ingredients

3 quarts water
1 1/2 teaspoons turmeric
1 teaspoon salt
12 ounces pasta, any shape

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Bring the water to a boil. Stir in the turmeric and salt and then add the pasta. Cook until the pasta is al dente, stirring occasionally. Drain and serve.

  2. Ingredient Note

    Step 2

    For this recipe, we’ve used Italian pasta, spelt pasta, rice noodles, and egg noodles.

  3. Serving & menu ideas

    Step 3

    These bright yellow noodles are fun simply topped with your favorite pasta sauce or vegetable sauté. Use leftovers in a pasta salad. Serve under Tofu & Mushrooms Marsala (page 70), Spring Vegetable Sauté (page 38), or instead of bulghur with Saucy Hungarian Eggplant (page 40).

Cover of the cookbook Moosewood Simple Suppers with a red floral motif.
From Moosewood Restaurant Simple Suppers: Fresh Ideas for the Weeknight Table. Copyright © 2017 by Moosewood Collective. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC. Buy the full book from ThriftBooks or Amazon.
TagsPastaNoodlePasta & NoodlesTurmericHerbs & SpicesSideLunchDinnerVeganVegetarianDairy FreeNut FreeQuickEasy5 Ingredients or FewerCookbooks
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